The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-10 00:00:00

laok.fEt MARKET AND c ommacan INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TELVE O'CLOCK. The id ea t h at at any moment W the Bank of Eng land directors may enhance the value of their 41411111 nm quotation still exercises paramount in- Rune° in monetary circles, and occasions great apprehension in the minds of the commercial com ttinnitY• The discount market shows very little change, either with respect to the demand for so c°lnnaodation or the terms upon which it is granted, 9 per cent. being the general charge, and 8i per cent, the exceptional quotation for the best short dated Paper. The supplies of capital are abundant, the continued high rates having induced the Public to loan their money out for short periods. The report of the directors of the Mid-Kent Rail. Way (Bromley to St. Mary) has been issued this Iner t g• It states that terms have bean arranged W ith the Lond on , Ch a th am , an d D over Company ‘or the conduct of the Cray's company. A dividend "4 per cent. per annum on the share capital is re commended. The annual meeting of the Royal Insurance Com -13.)411 was held on th e sth i nst . at Li verpool. The dir ectors' repo r t, as usua l , was highly satisfactory. Th e increase i n th e fi re i nsurance has been extraor .ll in ery, the premiums of the y ear reac hi ng £341,668 being an advance of £40,977 75.3 d over the P r ecedin g year. Another favourable circumstance alluded to in the report is that the losses of the last / e ar have amounted to a less per tentage of the o a mount of the total p rem i ums t h an for any period a ring the eleven prec e di ng years . Th e progress f the life br anc h, as s h own b y the new business tra nsacted the last year, is also gceatly on the in crease, so much so that the chairman, in his remarks, s aid it exhibited a rapidity of progress probably unexampled, which he forcibly illustrated by re. e'spitulating the astounding fact mentioned in the 1 , e , 13 0rt, that th e n e t s u m i nsure d on new po li c i es "Min 1863 £752,646, upon which the net income Q 4B £24,069--with the still more astounding e t that the amount insured in the Royal of 1864 new life policies for the first six months 1864 actually exceeded half a m illi on s t er li ng . I Suc h figures as those, to be found in the report Wh ich we gi ve i n anot h er co l umn ) , prove most o c . enn testably that th e R oya l i s , un d ou b te dl y, one I the safest, surest, and best insurance offices ever established. Two o'CLocK. At P ar i s this day, according to Mr. Reuter's teleg ram, the French 3 per Cents, were 66t, 40c. T he Engli s h M ar k et h as ex hibi te d s li ght symps ion v , firmness, and business has been a l i t t l e " 40 re active. Consols formoney are 89, and for the 4 , cee unt at 89 3. The New Threes and R e d uce d S Ann uities a re BS 4 ; the Annuities, 1885, 14 9-16 ; zehequer Bills, 25a. die, ; I n di a 5 per C ents., O akt 103; 1041.; and the Bonds, 25a, dis. the Foreign st oc k s t h ere was, in the early part of day, a general improvement in prices of the principal speculative descriptions. Mexican (ex all) are a ga i n 28 , ; the New Stock rema i ns at 251, 26; Greek continue at 231 S ; Spanish Passive at 291 a ; bat Turkish Consolide s have improved to 491 6. The Confedr-rate Loan is 75; 76f. Business i n t h e Railway Share Market has been very inactive, and prices have not varied to any important extent. North• Western, however, have improved 10s, and Metropolitan sa. The Fos t llign and Colonial lines show no change of im• Portance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue de- Pressed. Alliance have receded to 614, London and County t o 731 74 , an d Union of London to 491. clid °o Financial shares ha ve d ec li ne d t o 21i. '4oudoo, Engineering and shipbuilding Comp a ny, i j 2 Prem. ; M ar itime Credit, 2; prem.; and 'AMC Investment Company, 1 11 prem. ta BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. G 3 N's.x7sErir FUNDS. Per C ent. Consols b e 891. 3 Account, Aug. 8 kiaer Cent. Reduced BBl / i "W e w 3 Per Cent w 2 i Per Cent. Jan. 1894 72} A b° 5 Per Cent., Jan. 1873 — Do''''azuiti 30 y , expire ath Jan., 1880 — b° fors,o yr" " Xn're sth April, 1885 l4 9-16 (Red Sea s' T e elegraph), Aug. 1908 — EatheqUer Bills, £l,OOO, March, June. die Do £5OO 3& 31 per Cent Do £lOO and £2OO 13441( Ragland Stk, 5t per Ct. ' j P ° Account. ~. .151,,,,. A • '" , 4 GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. _ i _ rtt: ,tock, 103 per Cent., April 1874.... 2.0 D Account 1031 4/ o o ° 5 per Cent. July, 1670 , A ccount .. " 1 " 1 Per Cent 888 • 9 Oct, . .... D° Do Certificates E. zi.faced Paper, 4 per Cent b° 5 Per Cent., Jan. 1872 .. Do 5 3 per Cent. May, 1879 ... b ° o 13 4 Per Cent., ' Aug. 1866 U 0 o ndsoo9 25 Under £l,OOO oils* ...... FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 446 4 - au Bonds, 5 per Cent kW} ; 11)0 1859 D O r '", 6 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. —Br Aecount — rthan 5 per Cent ° 4i Per Cent., 1852-58-60 Buen os D e A 1863 1 )o ; A yres 6 per Cent 3), ....., ecount Chic? i Per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) - 6: 44 8 Per Cet C o i n " 9 pei Cent. C, " ta uien 6 per Ce 414 ) 6 Cent.— ~_ , per t„''',° 0 Per Cent. 1864 tbgalil),l'l3lB4. d ti o a r 3ti N pe e r w e C e o n n t. 7 l ll B d 2 a s ted, 1 per Cent — 7 er Cent ( 1 11 0, Second Issue 1 ,-, e ek 5 per Cent., 1824-6, ex-Coupons — ,'-'0 Account ,-'''o Coupons Cina°te4rocael°4'lslll;l: Cent. .. _ . ,_ 14 be 1839 and 1859 l';llian— -12per Cent.(M are m mana Railway) ...ezican 6 3 per Cent 0 Account ..... DO 6 p er C ent . 1864 D 0 French Scrip, Ex 25f 20 0 dill Do 6 per Cm% Anglo-French D itto Scrip, £23 pa id N B oorish Imp er i a l 6 per Cent ... 91 die ew Gran a d a — Do 2 per Cent. .............. Do Deterred - Po Land Warrants (Hectares) ........ Do Debentur do es, 4 per Ct., Ap r il 1864.. —• ~ Do --- Pe ruvian 41 per C en t Aug " 1866 Do 3 per Cent. (Uribarren)... Do 43 per Cent., 1862 D o Account ........................ • ortngueso 3 per Cent., 1853 .......... 1) ,i ) Account ........................ I ,'"° 3 per Cent., 1866, '7,'9, '6O, 62,'3.. 11 . „`" 0 Account 471 I - :Bian. 6 per Cent., 1822, £ St 4- ' 0 44 Del. Cent 1850 .. 851 D o "•• - " 1860 .......... I_l ° 3 ,. Per Cent 1859 D o " ° Per Cent, 1862 BB/ bo Anglo-Dutch Pm kiara• crip, £4O paid itli 44 6 per Cent 81),: i A,ccou n t .1),,. 4 3 per Cent 1)- -account -- b N OR' Deferred 0 ACC° t 00 p all -- 0„, A ftesive 30k 29/ / 8 " *Q-ceount P & Ilis1 1 c r io ert. of Coup not funded . lli 12i sweeczount , 84, 4 per Cent..... -.Jo s • Turkish e riP, £6O paid - Pm Los 6 per Cent. 1854 titooo I.,llpcie()ro:lßnie;nnta.slBsB _ 711 i 2 D 0 1 .) per Cent. 1862 1 . ) A ccount •• 0 4100 Bonds 69/ 0 p c ) 1863 - -1,•_40 Gnarattee,d, 4 per Cent..... . Q,,, eztiela 3 per Cent. D0.4-?0 Account .. 221 3 6 ...... Per Cent., 1862 - : I k e _ 0 0 , r-nant — 1 .),", ? t it) £3O paid dis "2 Per Cent: Dividends on the above payable in London Beli, , Dnt - 0,,-;, 1 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f — 124 -- '2 Per Cent Ex. 12 Gail -- o 4 ~ It ali ah Per Cent. Certificates D O "" u Per Cent.,. 1861, .Ex. 25 francs •••- p re ° ACCOUIIt .. . p lilich Relates, 2 . per Cent-- Pij vi ' t4 el tea, Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. -Alontese, 6 Ker Cout„ Ex. 2•5: C 'N o TWO O'CLOCK . ele R oneS' 89 D o— le ',mi.. t• SI 89i , I BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share 100 • 2tlantte .3z St Lawrence all 58 60 sk Bom.,Baroda.t.Cent Int] 100 ICO 04 ICI Gu. 6 per cent. . 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares. 204 •httialo and LAKC Huron all a 54 10 Do. Preference , 0 „ 6 liuffalo,Brant,&Godrich . 100 75 80 " Bp. et. bds. Aug. 1, 18,2 100 Do. do. July 1, 187 lOO 75 80 00 Do. do. June 1, lb;y 100 75 80 et Clcutta.&S.l 4 .:aatn.(Lhn 100 97 9J 98 et Cape Town 1 Dock Seri! 100 94 96 dock Eosin. Bengal gu. 6p. ( 100 101 103 Stook East Indian. gu. 5 p. 11 0 1004 100 j 20 Do. do. (1 Ext l5 par j p 20 Do. do. H do. stook Grand trunk of Canada 100 19 29 100 Do. Ist Prti. Bonds all 71 73 100 Do. do. deferred all CO 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds all 66 68 100 Do. do. deferred all 55 67 100 Do. 3d Pi ef. stock WO Do. do. deferred all 43 15 100 Do. 4th Pref. stook all 27 29 100 Do. do. deferred-- all 26 28 stool, OtandusPenin.gua.sp.c 100 101 102 101} SO Do. New gua. sp. c l2 par 41 , llf Do. January, 1882 Stook Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent 100 98 100 $O4 Gt. W. oi Canada Shares all ft 20 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 8J 91 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. •. all 82 84 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 f d in stook Madras. guar., sp. 0... ICJ 99 HO stock Do. if p. o. Extenaicn , 100 92 94 stock Dc.44 d 0........ 100 83 eo 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 !took Melb.Corp. Ap. o. Buds. 100 60 Mello. & Hobson's Bay. all 60 62 100 Do. 7p. c. tdortg. Bds. all f 0 Newßrunswiok t Candu Class A and B all N.lll.C'da6 po ISt pi bds 100 82 84 , does Soinde (100 99 101 stock Do. Delhi I 100 09 110 110 Do. do ' 2 id at Do. Punjaub r • all ,99 110 Do. Do. ....... , _ sock Do. indus.St. F 1 0 ..) 000 93 95 c~~ I drove ad the Royal 14;arl of 9 and . uallers morri- Prince of the bridge Marl- )g his CO n of of th e or 29th Lers the incess [xig for t 9. are el" oaths, reSC II F. Tho f En cotland will W° i ; ess lada ° obablY e rbert 301, f" Mi ff° woe, before weat il akeu $ 78 e °. in al ° .side 6 pping or fl a oleo roe d the es as' 110 13. I n dia for busi` IDs t° y :teed. iving to ba from gray litio° t'C of ►early a und 611 ARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. p.m u Share Railways. " 4 -1 Cl Pr o ice. sing I Bdone. siness 1 afr.. Wol., and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Boat.,Sleat.,andlUid.tio Bristol and Exeter I Caledonian W 'Cork and Bandon 8 8i 9 9i 85 $7 125 126 6 7 Do A A gets no die D o. B till 6pc,pan.has been paid to 13. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. 'Edinburgh & Glasgow. IGlasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian et GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern... Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an IW. of Irelan Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock L ancash Lee & i Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., 13right.AS, Coast Lon., Chat, anc' Dover Lon. & Nor' h Western Lon. 4 - 30 , ,th Western Man., &et, & Lincoln. aryport and Carlisle. Do Z shares.. Metropolitan Miuland 35 86 16 17 £0 92 lle tl2 47 48 7} 71 133 135 15: 151 131 133 92 94 & 6.J 1191 113] 68 70 105} 106 ; 41 43 114 11f 0 99 66 67 112 113 1374 138 Do New Do Birratng. & Derby Ilid. Gt. W. of lrelana 108 110 i[o.i sha r e - 3 - — Mid Wert Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Enstern—Berwici. Do, G.N.E. purehas, Do Leeds 54 65 25i 26i 108 lOU Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Soot. Mid. stook,. Shrews. and Welohpooi Shropshire Union South Devon ... South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,and Wok 1 Stockton do Darlington Do Do New, 186 G Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall IV. Ilartlepoolliar.&11. West Midland —Oxford Do Newport' Do Hereford, 65 66 95 c 6 126 129 ik 1/ 1.,, 78 80 loa 11 125 130 39 41 57 59 84 t 6 92 9.i 103 105 7 8 374 385 105 115 8 9 165 170 6 7 3 t p 100 103 34 36 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Csu.Cior. 6 p.0..1a. &J u 1) 181:034 .........100 95 98 97i D0.,6 p. o. Feb. & Aug. 100 100 103 Do. ap. °Mar. & Sept. 100 100 102 Do. 6p. o. Jan.&July. 101 85 88 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 85 88 Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0.1873 100 104 106 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 189( 100 109 111 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 107 109 'Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 111 113 (Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 104 105 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 106 108 - IN.B.Gov. 6 p.o.J a.&J u ly 100 93 100 ! Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oot. 100 N. S. W. Gov. 5 p c.,1880 100 96 c 8 Du. sp. c.,18t1 to It 7( 100 961 971 Do. do., (888 aupwds 100 961 971 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 Nova Sootia Guy. 6 p. o. sterling:, 1875. lOO 99 1 0 1 Queensland GCv. 6p. c. 100 101 104 I S. Aus G6p.0.1878.5t up.. 100 106 108 - Vio.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.6aul) 100 :Do. io 6 p.a. An.&Oot.. 100 108 i 1091 i! 1081] 9 BRITISH MINES. 2 Gambrian Consol. Gold 1 / Id Gilt:ford Amalgamated 33 34 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist ) 1 675 685 East Bassett (Mogan)" 30 88 70 East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ..... 1.14.6 28 29 East Cara Brea.... . . 8.4.0 81 81 E. W'lBussel (Tavistk.) 8.13.0 41 5 Gam.4St.Aubyn(Gwen 581 6 8 Great South Tolgus 178 21 21 (4. Wheal Vor(Heiston 40 26 28 Grenville 5.16. ( 61 71 flemd's-Foot 8.12 38 40 Dingston Downs 4.18.0 31 41 Lady Bertha - Margaret (tJny Lelant 91 8 10 —llarke Valley. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim , 2? 11 1 d New Seton l9l 75 85 • North Downs 3 11 11 N.WIVI Basset (Mogan 3.1.0 2 24 North Wheal Crotty Far Consols (St. Blaze) Providenoe(Uny Lelnt. 10.0.7 40 42 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 11 470 480 8. Cam Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan 18.18.9 45 60 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 - ramar Silv.& Lead Min. - fin Croit 9 17/ 181 West Basset (Mogan), 11 9 10 W Cs radon (Liskeard; 9 15 17 West Beton Wheal Basset (Mogan ) 51 871 fl Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 10 25 28 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelaut) 2.0.6 WhealLudeott Wheal Mary Ann ;Men ) 8 14 16 Wheal 3eton 5Bl 215 225 - ViTheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 19 21 I Wheal Union 4 14 2 PREFERENCE S Great Western Orig. 44 per cent pf., 96 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern 46 per cent. pf., Ditto, 6 per cent pf., 7 London, Brighton, &c., 16 per cent., 1861, 09 Metropolitan 5 per cent., 108 [ARES. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL& London, Tilbury, and Southend, .100 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lim.. 111 Yudanaulutana of S. Australia, lim,, 21 i BANKS. Alliance (lim.), 61_21 11 Ditto, new, 561 - - Anglo Austrian, .71 Anglo-Italian, lira., 4 1 Bank of Egypt, 29 Chartered Banir of India, Australia, and China, as i Commercial Bankof India and the East, Ditto, issued at 10 pm., 28 1 Consolidated Bank, lira., 101 t i u g r op l is e h an Bank , ' Scotch , andim ,i I Australian Chartered, 21 a a Imperial Ottoman, lei I Land Mortgage Bank of India, lira.. 51 London and Brazilian (lim.), 48 9 81 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 241 5 41 London and Colonial (lira.), 171 I London and County, 754 4 London Joint Stock, 48 1 Mercantile and Exchange, lint, Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira,, 25 41 National of Liverpool, limited, 171 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lira., 121 South Eastern, lim., Union of Lond on, 50 aB* 494 MISCELLANEOUS. Contract Corporation, lira., East India Irrigation and Canal, 4) Egyptian Com. and Trading, lira., of and Australian Copper, 11 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira., imperi.l Mercantile Credit Asso., lira., 8k Joint Stook Discount, Land Credit of Ireland, 1111144 London Financial Association, lira., 211 Smith, Knight, and Co., lint, 4i Trust and Agency.of Australasia, lira., Universal Marine. Insurance, Um., G COAL M. Prim of Coal per Ton at ET. the Close of the market. e. d. Cowpen Hartley 17 9 Eden Main l7 6 Tam%ld Moor l3 0 North Pelton Gas 14 0 Hastings Hartley l7 9 Penaher Primrose 1 7 3 Walls End. .. ~..._, _._.... Harton , l6 9 Caradoc lB 3 Tunstall Ships at alarkl 0. d Walls End. 'Tam e n l9 0 Hartlep oo l lB 9 East Hartlepool , 18 9 South Hartlepool 17 9 Kelloo.. . . ..... l7 9 South Kmlloe lB 0 Heugh Hall 18 0 Hatton ......19 0 South Iletton ...19 0 Whitworth. ..... r l 5 0 t, 65; bold, 48. 1 0.18.4 12.10 15.14., :331 1521 3 1193 I 10. i 116 k I I 112 k rrthi SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUG UST 10, 1864. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MANSION-HOUSE. ROBBERY BY .4. CRlMP.—Robert Jacobs, was placed before the Lord Mayor, charged with robbing a seaman, named Abraham Manners, of a £5 Bank of England note, and various other property. A cabman said yesterday afternoon he was engaged by the prisoner, and drove himself and a sailor to Bishopsgate street, and after taking a pint of ale in Old-street, set off, but before getting there the prisoner said they would go to Chelsea. When he asked to what part of Chelsea he was to drive, Jacobs said it was no use going, as it would be too late, but that they wished to go to Peck ham. He (witness) told there his horse was very tired, as it had been out all day, and he afterwards asked them to hire another cab. The sailor, when he looked in the vehicle, appeared to be asleep. Jacobs said it was of no consequence, and that he would only detain him while he drove to Bishopsgate-street. He did so, and before the sailor got out of the cab he said he had been robbed of all his money. A crowd assembled, and then a police-con stable came up, and the prisoner was taken into custody. Constable Tilley said his attention was attracted last evening by a aisturbance in Bishopsgate-street. He went up and there he found the prosecutor accusing the prisoner with having robbed him, He took him into custody, and on being searched at the station-house a purse, a £5 Bank of England note, a gold chain, and a ring were found in his pocket, all of which the prosecutor identified as his .pro perty. He also found on the prisoner a watch. Tan prisoner said the watoh was his own property, and that ho hadilent it to the prisoner ; so far as that was con cerned there need be no trouble. The constable asked for a remand, as he believed he shaald be able to produce some additional .evidence against the prisoner. The Lord Mayor at ones ordered the prisoner to be re manded for a week. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. The annual general meeting of the shareholders in the Royal Lasurance Company was held on Friday, the sth inst., at the company's offices, in North John-street, Charles Turner, Esq., M.P., the chairman of the company, presided► and there was a very numerous attendance, The notice convening the meeting having been read, Mr PERCY M. Dovz, the actuary and manager, read the following REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS. The opportunity of another annual investigation of the affairs of the Royal Insurance Company having now taken place, the directors proceed to lay before the shareholders the results and conclusions which it affords. exceeded half a million sterling, lam afraid some of the shareholders will be disappointed, after so good a year, at the amount of dividend which we declare ; still I trust and believe that they will, upon the whole, approve of the pru dence of the directors, in proposing, as they do propose, the usual dividend ; and have no doubt that the character of the company will be still further raised by this evidence of the care with which its affairs are managed. Ido not know that I have any further observations to make. I shall be happy to answer any questions which any shareholder may wish to put; and I beg to move— " That the report now read be received and adopted, and printed for circulation amongst the proprietors." Mr BROCKLEBA.NK - Mr Chairman and gentlemen,— After the very lucid statement we have heard as to the state of the company's affairs, and the reasons which the chair man has given for the course which the directors have now proposed, with your sanction, to pursue, I think you will all agree with me that that course is one of prudence, and one that will give satisfaction to the public. I cannot dis guise from myself, as the chairman has observed, that there may be some little disappointment (looking at the large pro fit we have realised from our business during the past year) amongst some of the shareholders that they do not receive a larger dividend thsn that of former years, particularly when I recollcct the price at which the shares are in the market ; and which indicates the confidence that the share holders and public have in the management of this impor tant commercial concern. It indicates, also, the value of the concern hereafter. With the directors of the Royal Insur- ance Company security has always been the first consi deration, and in giving you a dividend of not more than 7s per share they are consulting, not only the security of the shareholders themselves, but likewise the security of the public—thole who bring us business; and I cannot for one moment suppcse, looking at the conservative policy that this company has hitherto pursued, that the shareholders will upon this occasion reverse that policy. With regard to the reserve fund, I do think any reasonable man, whether a shareholder or director, will consider that, when the amount of premium is £340,000 per year, £206:000 is too much of a reserve fund. With these few observations, I beg to second the resolution that the report be received, adopted, and printed for circulation amongst the proprietors. . . The CHAIRMAN then moved that William Titherington, Esq., and Joseph Younghueband, Esq., be re-elected auditors for the ensuing year. Mr ATKINSON seconded the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. Mr YOUNGHtSBAND, in reply, said—Gentlemen, on behalf of my colleague and myself, I beg to thank you for our re-election. I can assure you, gentlemen, that we have had every facility afforded us of examining into the accounts of the concern. We have examined carefully every security in the possession of the company, and found them all correct ; we have examined every voucher for cash pay ments, and they, I need scarcely tell you, are all correct ; we have examined the bank book, and given also a cursory examination to every book belonging to the com pany, and we have found them all correct, I think, gentle men, that is all the necessary explanation that I need give. There is one thing, however,—the assets of the company have not been mentioned, either in the report or by the chairman. I believe I may state that they amount to some- thing less than £1,150,000, but I can assure you that those assets actually represent a sum nearer £1,500,000. During the whole time the company has been in existence it has never made a bad debt. The CHAIRMAN. —I hope you will allow me to move a vote of thanks to our excellent manager, Mr. Dove.—(Ap plause.) To his unceasing care and attention, and to the ability and assiduity which he displayed in the manage ment of this great company, its progress and prosperity are in a great measure due.—(Cheers.) He deserves your best and sincerest thanks and acknowledgments, and I have no doubt you will carry this resolution by acclamation. Mr. CAMPBELL FOSTER had very great pleasure in se conding the motion, which was carried by acclamition. Mr. PERCY M. DOVE said— Gentlemen, I have much pleasure in rising to express, as I hays now done for many years, my grateful thanks for the honour acne to me and to others by the compliment you have paid us. The results of the last year may be compressed into a sentence or two, but they will be sen tences containing many important facts. Though brief they will reveal a progress which, taking all its points, is rarely to be met with. My own experience has been a somewhat lengthened one, but I do not know, going back for forty years, many parallels of similar success, taking the following items altogether as being the results of a single year. First, we have an increase in the fire premiums of about £40,000; secondly, a sum assured on new life busi ness amounting to £750,000, for which the premiums receivable are £24,000; and, lastly, an increase in the life and annuity fund of upwards of £lOO,OOO. I repeat that the additions made to your revenue, both fire and life, in the last year, are very remarkable. Indeed, they might be considered as mere indices of a last effort to attain our maximum revenue. if it were not happily ascertained in the report that the new life policies of the present year outstrip those of the peat one, and giv4 hope that the sum assured of the year 1864 will not. be far from a million sterling, with a net amount of premium, not alone (~/ £24,000, as in the last year, but ap proaching to £30,000. We have a similar indication in the fire department, and I do not despair of our being able to add another £lO,OOO to our fire branch this year, or if not, that our increase shall at the least be equal to the average ratio of increase for the last ten or fifteen years. The Go vernment Returns of Insurance Companies' Accounts for the last few years, presented to Parliament, and which are noticed in the report, show the affairs of this company to be most satisfactory from every point of observation, comparing the " Royal" with all our other Insurance Companies esta blished under the act of Victoria, among which are included some excellent institutions promising in their future pros pects. I find that the fire premiums collected in the years included in the "Returns" by the "Royal" to be about three times the amount even of the very largest of the others, and that the ratio of our expenses, both fire and life, is less than almost any of the others named in this Parliamentary document; It was only this morning that we received likewise the return, ordered by the House of Com mons to be printed, of the duty paid for the last year to Government, as moved by Mr Charles Turner. I have had, of course, but a few minutes to look at that document, but what I have seen convinces me that these returns have never afforded more striking evidence of our progress in English and Irish business. It will at any rate, however, be in the highest degree satisfactory to tell you, on the authority of that Government paper, that the "Royal" has advanced beyond some other companies who were previously before us, and that this company has actually paid in the last year a larger amount of duty in the United Kingdom than any other office, excepting two excellent and well-known Lon don companies, one established for more than 70 years, and the other for above 150 years. I r epeat my sincro acknow ledgments to you for your kind notice, and trust 1 may have the pleasure of owtinuing my share in the labours of all connected with this gTeat company, while health and strength for the task are votiOsafed to me. (Applause.) The meeting then separated. THAMES. AN ABUSED AND PLUNDERED SAILOR.—PabIo Salo, an Italian sailor, was brought before blr Paget, charged with assaulting Mary Williams. The complainant, one of the Rateliff-highway girls, of considerable personal strength, said she had been living with the prisoner for eight days, and all the money he had given her in the course of that time was £3, with which she had supported him and indulged him in plenty of grog. Last night he was tipsy and quarrelled with her and beat her. He knocked her down with Ws fists and then kicked her. She bled a good deal and her eye was blackened. Two of the frail sisterhood, companions of the com plainant, gave evidence of the beating with much exaggera tion, and a police-constable said he heard the screams of the woman, and when he came up she was bleeding from the nose, and her face was bruised, The prisoner was standing by, and was partially intoxicated. The Italian, in broken English, said he came home to England in the ship Gloriosa, and fell in with the com plainant, who obtained all his wages, and had been spend ing the money as she thought proper. Two nights ago she brought home another chap, an homeward bounder with money, and told him to turn out. Last night she met him and abused him, and called him a dog, and a thief, and a son of a —, and other vile names. Mr. Paget—No doubt you have been abused and plun dered, as sailors who fall into the clutches of these women generally are plundered, but I cannot tolerate any woman being knocked about; they must not be ill-used. The Italian said he was very sorry, but the woman did call him such very bad names that it inflamed his blood. He was never called such names before. Mr Paget—l dare to say you were called dreadful names. You ought not to have struck her. The beating of women under any pretence is not allowed by our laws. The prisoner said he was going to ship again this day and on board the Uloriosa, on which. Mr Paget remanded him, and directed Inspector Adams of the Thames police to make inquiries about him, and to ask the captain of the Gloriosa to attend. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of old home grown wheat were very moderate, but there was a fair show of new produce on the stands for the time of year. The trade for all qualities was dull. at Monday's decline in the quotations. New wheat was quoted as follows : —Red, 42s to 445; white, 46s to 48s ; and Talavera, 48s to 50a per quarter. With foreign wheat the market was moderately supplied, Generally speaking the trade ruled quiet, at about previous quotations. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request, on former terms. The supply of barley on sale was moderate, yet the trade ruled firm, at full prices, New Kentish produce was quoted at 34s to 38s per quarter. Malt was is fair average request, at full currencies. With oats the market was well supplied. The trade however, was moderately active, at quite previous quota• Lions. Beans and peas fully supported Monday's curroncy. The show of samples on offer was small. The flour trade ruled quiet, at almost stationary prices. ARRIVALS THIS WBZH. Wheat. Barley, Malt. Oats. Flour. English 490 120 710 880 Irish Foreign 6,710 680 24,870 - - brie, BOROUGH HOP. Last year's hops are in steady request, at full prices. Otherwise the trade is quiet. The accounts from tho plan. tations are satisfactory. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat on sale is moderate, and the trade rules steady, as follows : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10d; lamb, 5s Od to 6s Od ; veal, 38 8d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market opened quiet, and without change in price. Sales, probably 5,000 bales, A MAGISTRATEFINED FOR ILLEGALLY ARREST. INO A STREET PREACHER.—Mr Younghnsband, one of the Birkenhead magistrates, was yesterday the de fendant in the Birkenhead County Court, in an action brought against him by Mr Dowling, a street preacher, who sought 40a damages for illegal arrest and assault. Dowling, while crossing in a steamer from Woodside to Liverpool, on the 25th of June, commenced to preach, and, on refusing to desist, he was given in charge by Mr Younghusband. On this he was taken back to Birkenhead, and conveyed through the streets to Bridewell, where after a brief examination, he was discharged. Mr Harden, the judge of the County Court, who tried the case, gave judg• meat for 40s, and costs for the plaintiff. SUGAR ON THE PLATE !—Sugar is beginning to be grown rather extensively in the province of Mendoza, River Plate, and it is expected from the appearance of the crop that the produce will be sufficient to supply the Buenos Ayres market.—The Grocer. THE MACKAY GuN.—We understand that Go vernment has given Mr James Mackay, of Liverpool, an order for one of his windage adaptation guns, the weight to be 10 tons, and the bore the same diameter as the ordinary 68 pounder. A 12-pounder gun on the same principle as the heavy gun recently tried will shortly be publicly tested. We are informed that the range already attained is much in exczsa of that of any other weapon. inCoLusioN,—A telegram received by the Liver pool underwriters yesterday states that on the 7th inst. the Providence sloop and a Cardiff pilot boat came into colli sion near Harmock, and both sank. The crew of the former was drowned, and that of the latter say ed. A WELSH JURY.—With reference t o the ease of a man named Edward Regan, charged at the Mold assizes on Friday last with rape, and acquitted, the Lord Chief Justice, on coming into court on the following morn ing, thus addressed the Under-Sheriff :—" Before closing these assiz:s let me ask you in future to return men more capable of discharging the duty of jurors than those who served on the first jury yesterday. They returned a ver dict of accquital, and in the whole course of my profes sional career I don't know a more signal, instance of the failure of jus tics. FEARFUL FALL OF A FEMALE INTO THE MAIN DRAINAGE WORKS.—Yesterday Mr. Carter, the coroner, received information of the death of Mrs. Martha Matthews, aged 31 years, who resided at 73, Albany-road, Camberwell, which was occasioned under the following frightful circumstances :—lt would appear that on Satur day she came from her door, opposite to which—in the road way—was a cutting about 25 feet deep, belonging to the works of the Main Drainage. Having some curiosity to see the men at work she leaned over the barrier, when she lost her balance, and with a loud scream the was precipi tated head foremost into the sewer. As soon as possible she was brought to the surface in an insensible condition, and conveyed to Saint Thomas's Hospital, where; she was at once attended by Mr Siddall, the house surgeon, who found that her skull was fractured and that she was otherwise so dreadfully injured that she expired in a few hours. The deceased had left behind a family of five young children, and at the time of the occurrence was far advanced in pregnancy. Mr John Henry Etheridge, formerly of the Union Bank of Australia, and manager in London, since its commencement, of the London and South African Bank, has been appointed general manager in Liverpool of the Eastern Exchange Bank (Limited.) The directors of the Agra and Masterman's Bank (Limited) have this day declared a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, together with a bonus of £2 per share, for the half-year ended 30th of June last, payable on 18th inst., being together at the rate of 18 per cent, per annum. LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASYLUM, The inauguration of the statue erected to the znemor7 of the late Prince Consort, patron of the institutim:, took place yesterday, with the greatest eclat, in the groun,lB of the Asylum, near the Old Kent-road. The assemblage w o large and distinguished, but had the weather been more favourable there would have been a very large addition to the number present. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrived, with the usual punctuality, at the hour at which the interesting ceremony had been fixed to take place, and was r ece i ve d w ith the utmost demonstrations of respect—the ladies waving their handkerchiefs and the military bands in attendance playing the national anthem. The statue was afterwards unveiled, and an address ap propriate to the occasion having been presented, ROYAL HIGIINESS said it gave him the greatest pleasure to attend there that day, but that feeling of plea sure was much heightened by the knowledge that his late revered father took the greatest interest in the prosperity and welfare of this noble institution. It would always be a pleasure to him to lend his aid in furthering their praise. worthy and laudable endeavours ; and he had to thank them sincerely for the kind feelings they had expressed towards the Queen, the Princess of Wales, and his infant son. His Royal Highness delivered his short but expressive speech in the most hearty manner, and having for a few minutes looked earnestly upon the statue of his late father, congratulated the gentlemen who had taken a prominent part in the day's proceedings, and shortly afterwards re-en tered his carriage and returned to Marlborough House. Course of Exchange,--Yesterday Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 12 2 12 21 Antwerp ... 25 721 25 77t Brussels _ 25 721 25 80 Hamburgh Paris •. . . Ditto Marseilles — 25 72f 25 771 Frankfort on Maine — 1201 121 Vienna Trieste Petereburgh — 31 31a Berlin — Madrid Cadiz — 48 4 8 i Leghorn — 25 75 25 821 Milan .. Genoa Naples Palermo.. — 25 80 25 85 Messina — 25 80 25 85 Lisbon Oporto . — 51/ 621 Capt. G. R. Lempriere, instructor of musketry at the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, has been appointed instructor of musketry at Fleet wood. Lieut. R. 0. Jones has been appointed temporary instructor to the corps of Royal Engi neers, pending the appointment of Capt. Lrm priere'd bucemor. FIRE ERANcII. In the fire branch an increase of business has been realised not only larger than the average amount of the past years of the company's existence, but exceeding in amount that of any one year hitherto. The premiums of the year reach the sum of £341,668 3s 2d, being an advance of £ 1 0,977 7s 3d over the preceding year. The report for 1850 gave the increase of each year for ten years, commencing with the year 1350, The largest ad vance in these successive periods was ',5,639 Os, 2d, The annual progress of the company since that date is shown by the following figures : Increase of the year above Premium. the preceding one. 1860 .... £. , .62,977 19 11 .... £34,663 12 8 1861 .... 292,402 19 11 .... 29,425 0 0 1862 .... 300,690 15 11 8,287 16 0 1863.... 341,668 3 2 .... 40,977 7 3 The premiums have thus been enhanced in four years by £113,353 15s, 111, the largest amount of increase having been obtained in the last year. DUTY. The test provided by the amount of duty paid for Go vernment furnishes, as heretofore, corresponding evidence of the progress of the Royal Insirrinc3 Company. The in crease, by the payments made for the year 1863, is far larger than at any former period. The amount of duty paid by the c=ipany in _ 1862 Dittto ditto 1863 88,966 6 2 Showing an increase of £12,973 7 2 Among the incidents which have tended to the advance of the "Royal" within the last few months may be reckoned its action with respect to the losses sustained by the explo sion of the Lotty Shigh, which, although only consistent with the general tenor of the conduct of the company, and ultimately proved to be no more than what had been done in former times by the oldest and most prcverhially honour able among its contemporaries, yet attracted attention and public favour by its unhesitating promptness. The publication, under Parliamentary sanction, of the balance sheets of insurance companies, has proved another source of advantage to this establishment. The analysis of these accounts, which has been completed apparently by an accomplished hand, places the Royal Insurance Company in the highest position, both as a fire and life establishment, and exhibits its comparative prominency with respect to all the other companies established under the act of 7th and Bth Vict. in an equally favourable light, whither its accu mulated capital, its premiums, or the ratio of its expendi ture be made the subject of inquiry. It is further a pleasing duty for the directors to state that the reault of the year, as represented by the profit accruing during the period, presents a precisely parallel result to that of the amount of premiums received. As the largest total of revenue and the largest ratio of pngression have been attained in the present year, so it happens that the largest profit which it has ever fallen to the directors to record has likewise on this occasion to be announced. This favourable position of your affairs is obviously due, in a great measure, to the fact that the losses of the last year have amounted to a less percentage of the amount of the total premiums than for any like period during the eleven preceding years. The present year 1364, however, on the contrary, shows, so far as it has passed, a far more unfa• vourablo experience, the claims of the last seven months being very considerably above the average amount for a like period of time. The balance to the credit of profit and loss, on account of British and foreign insurances for the year, is £67,575 17s 3d, and on the American account £15,669 7s 11d. NORTH AMERICAN 13RA.NCH. The fluctuations in the exchange between this country and America, referred to in the last report, having recently become still more violent, sudden, and excessive than at that time, the directors feel assured that the shareholders will concur in the propriety of laying aside the profit of this branch for the year, to be dealt with in 'the same way as the amount of its profit for the preceding year. LIFE BRANCH. The progress of the life branch, es shown by the new business trausacted in the last year, is most promising as respects its future prospects of development. The advances made year by year in the amount of new insurances effected show clearly the estimation which the com pany is held. The following is a statement for the last five years : Net Sum As surcd on New Poll3les after deducting Guarantees. Net Premiums. 1859 .... £134,470 11 10 .... £13,086 0 6 1860 .... 449,241 16 2 .... 15,079 17 10 1861 .... 621,101 17 0 .... 16,627 18 0 1862 .... 701,427 15 3 .... 22,333 13 2 1863 .... 752,546 18 10 24,069 12 8 This rapid growth, amounting to 73 per cent. on the sum assured, and upwards of 80 per cent, on the premiums re ceived in the course of five years, may justly be considered as larger than any which could have bean reasonably expected. The half-year of 1864, however, far outstrips the ratio of increase indicated by the figures just quoted, as the sum assured for that period of six months only actually exceeds half-a•million sterling. The rate of mortality, likewise, still presents highly fa vourable features, and augurs well for the result to be shown by the quinquennial investigation, which is to take place when the present year is Concluded. The Life Assurance accounts further exhibit a sum of £80,025 7 a n l am s . o 6 o d o . t a e d ti d o e a d l t t o h o t64e perLife' o e ot Funds on ut in h t e n h e e t year premiums 1863, mioms r b e e c i e n i g ved during that time. To this sum must be added the increases mado in the balances to the credit of the Annuity and Endowment Funds, making a further amount of £20,026 6s. 7d. The Life and Annuity Funds are, therefore, augmented by the large sum of 4106,052 4s. 3d. in the limit of a single year. LONDON. The company's business for the last year in the metro polis has closed with very prosperous results. The eaten.• t o wards completion, and it is sup pose d will be ready f or for a portion of the offices lead to a conv iction that the pur. occupation chars b u w i ldli prove f ae more on companytrho: Th in Lombard-street progresse rents already agreed upon able investment than even Was ant i c i pa ted at the period of the last report. DIVIDEND AND DoNos. The direotors beg now to recommend that a dividend of 3i per share, an d a b o nus of ¢s, together 7s, each free of i nco me tax, be declared. CRAILLEs TURNER, Chairman. August 4, 1864. the business of the past ye T ar h f e o C rm n s et n n o at e A x x ce s p a t i i d on — t G o e t n h tlena eli, the undeviating career of pros• y which 1 1: 5 8 3 attended theßoy a l Insurance Company since its commencement. Ou r premiums on the Fire branch amounted in and show an increase over those of 18G2 of £ 40,977. I think th a t we have every reaso n to be satisfied with the p ro g r ess that we are making. Gen- per i t Gen tlemen, I hope that you will not consider it out of place if I allude very briefly to a sub j e ct which is mentioned in the report, and which has given rise t o a peat deal of discus sion during the past year, namely, the explosion of gun powder on board the Lotty ; Sleigh, and the course pursued by this company with reverence to payment of the losses in curred thereby. Gentlemen, your directors, aided by the advice of your excellent manage r , ea Lae to the conclusion that, although the company was not li a bl e i n l aw f or t h ose losses, yet, taking a fair and lib eral view of the question, they ought to be paid. We considered, in fact, that we were morally bound to pay. Having come to that conclusion, we determined at once to assume the resp ons ibi lity of act i ng i n accordance with it ; and the insured were immediately noti fied that no question would be raised, but that the claims would be at once paid on demand* Your directors are of opinion that the course they took was not only the proper one, but a course calculated to maintainthe high character for justice and liberality wh ich has alwty s di st i ngu i s h e d th e Royal Insurance Company in its dealings with the public, and therefore conducive to your best i n t erests. The directors are moreover glad to have it plaeed oa record that, their conduct in this matter having been brought before a legal tribunal, on the suit of one of the shar e k o l ders, Vice-Chan cellor Wood—than whom no judge mole able or more emi nent sits upon the Chancery bench —not only dismissed the bill with costs, but expressed a strong opinion that the course pursued had been a proper one, and was calculated to promote the best interests of the company. Gentlemen, our accounts, as you are aware, are made u p on l y to the end of last year, and the business since that period, for the last six months, is merely a matter of estimate ; but, taking it as an estimate, I am bound to say that as regards our fire business it is not so favourable ; for, although our receipts for premiums have been large, our losses havo been serious in proportion. But, gentlemen, lam afraid if we had un deviating prosperity we should have very little business ; for people would come to the conclusion that fires were so few that they were not called up on to protect them selves by insurance against loss. The business of in• nuance, whether fire or life, depends upon averages, and if the average results of five or more years be good, we ought to be prepared for unfavourable years from time to time. With an income of £350,000 par annum, we must expect occasional large losses, but 'pith a large reserve judiciously built up, such occasional casualties are compa ratively unimportant. As regards our life business, I must call your particular attention to the details in the report, which exhibit a rapidity of progress probably unexampled, and I cannot forbear recapitulating the astounding fact, that the net sum insured on new policies, atter deducting guarantees, was, in 1863, £752046, upon which the net in come was £24,o69—whilst I beg you to note the still more astounding fact that the amount insured in the Royal upon new life policies for the first six months of 1564 actually ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE, WESTERN CIRCUIT.-WELLS, Aug, 2. O , .!._NA THE MURDER AT HATCH BEAUCHAMP. John Allen, 62, labourer, was placed at the bar charged with the wilful murder of his wife, Betsy Allen, a t glitch Beauchamp, near Taunton, on May 4. Mr Speke and Mr Murcia prosecuted—Mr Bere d eentrod the prisoner. The prisoner, who seemed considerably agitated, I deeded in a low voice, not guilty. Mr Speke, after some introductory observation 5, pro ceeded to rarrate the facts of the case—and from his state ment it would appear that the prisoner had beet mini( d to the deceased woman for nearly 20 years, and during th( t last 10 or 12 years, had resided at Hatch Beauchamp, whore he lived in a small cottage, adjoining the road between Hatch Beauchamp and Beer Cracombe. The house consist( dof four small rooms, two upstairs and two downstairs, and ad joining it, but nct communicating w ith it in any way, was a small outhouse. Near to thi s was a m i ll - pond, and on the other side of the mill-pond a stable belonging to a neigh bour. In the house there resided the prisoner, his wi fe, and two daughters, one a grown-up female, and the other a little girl about 9 years of age. The grown-up girl had an infant child. On this occasion, the 4th of May, there lodged in the cottage some railway labourers,namod Strode and Steele, and a boy called "Billy," and on that morning they had go'ae to their work as usual, being engaged upon a line of railway that was making near the house. In addition to these members of the prisoner's family, there lived in another house in the N illage a married daughter, who on the morning in question was unwell. The prisoner got up very early on the 4th of May, and went to a place named North Curry to get some medicine for her. On his return he was seen by a witness named Chorley coming across a field, but just be fore be arrived at his cottage he was lost sight of by this parson, and Chorley then went to fetch the key of his stable. Whilst at the stable door the prisoner was distinctly seen by him to come out of his cottage covered with blood, and go to the mill-pond with a watering-pot or can, and dip up some water. This eould not have been more than five minutes after the time Chorley lost sight of him in the field. Shortly after the deceased woman was also seen to emerge from the cottage, likewise covered with blood. The prisoner then took hold of her, put his arm round her waist, and led her back into the cottage again. Chorley then went and gave an alarm, and ran down to the railway to get as sistance. What occurred in the cottage during the five mi nutes the prisoner eels lost sight of by Chorley was witnessed by one person only—the prisoner's little girl, of nine years of age, whose evidence is given below. After the shocking scene detailed by the child, the poor woman was removed to the Taunton Hospital. Oa the Bth of May, four days after the occurrence, believing herself dying, she made a statement in which she gave an account of the affair. After the Bth of May she rallied, and began to gat rather better, and continued to do so until her wounds were com pletely heaied. Shortly after, however, she began to expe rience paroxysms of difficulty of breathing, and was afflicted with them at frequent intervals until the time of her death, which took place on the 17th of June. A light was subse quently thrown upon the motive the prisoner had in com mitting the crime by the prisoner himself, who, when at the hospital and in the custody of a police officer, made a state ment to the effect that a man named Jim had, on the night previous to the 4th, accused his wife of not being a woman of her word. This annoyed the prisoner very much, and he requested her to go to bed. This she refused to do, and he remarked, "He supposed she wished to stay up to go off with Jim in the morning." She replied that what she had told him she had and she should say no more. They subse quently went to bed, and the prisoner said he entreated her to stay with him, for she had often said sho would leave him and go to London. On the following morning he got up and fetched the medicine. On his return he asked her to kiss him but she refused, and he then cut her throat, in order that they might both lie in one grave; and in conclusion, the prisoner said the law could not do more than hang him for it. The first witness called was William Cherley, a miller, whose evidence was confirmatory of the above statement, as regards what occurred when the prisoner was seen leaving his house, covered with blood, followed after wards by the wife. Two of the chief witnesses were the daughters of the prisoner. The moment they came into the witness box they fixed their eyes on their fattier and burst into an agony of grief, in which state they continued during the whole of their examination, their eyes being constantly directed to their father. Every one in court was sensibly affected, for it has seldom fallen to the lot of any one to witness such a scene. The chief question arose upon the medical testimony. Haanah Allen, daughter of the prisoner, deposed as fol. lows—l don't know how old I am. I know I ought to tell the truth. I am the daughter of the prisoner (the child, evidently about nine years of age, cried bitterly). I have a sister named Jane, who lived at home. She was ill, and my father went to North Curry for some medicine. My sister Jane had an infant. We lived with my father. Gore and Steele and Billy, who were labourers, lodged in our house. My father came home with the medicine. I think he spoke to my mother. I forget what he said. He asked my mother to kiss him. My mother went out of the house. 1 have forgotten it all. I don't know whether my father followed her. I heard mother call out in the outhouse, and then I saw blood. 1 saw mother's throat cut. Father cut it. He did it more than once. I don't know how many times. There was a hogshead there in which cider was kept. She put her head down on the cask, and I saw the blood, and that her throat was cut. Father and mother came into the house together. I don't know whether father had anything in his hand. I forget. I took a knife from father's hand. He was near to mother then. She was lying on the ground. I saw blood on both of them. Father's throat was cut, and mother's too. I don't know how mother came on the oor. Father came into the room first, and then mother, and then I came next. I think father had a razor in his hand before he had the knife. The razor was on the table. After I took the knife I saw mother get up. She begged me to go after my sister Jane. As I was going I saw mother come out to the gate and father follow her, Jane Allcn—l am a daughter of the prisoner. On the 4th of May I was at work at Mr Baker's. My sister came for me, and I went towards our cottage. I saw my mother in the field. Father took her by the arm and led her back towards the house. followed them. Father sat on a chair, with one elbow on his knee ; mother sat on a form by the fire-place. She was - blood all over, coming from her throat. She had a towel round her neck. (The poor girl was here most dreadfully affected.) Father was blood all over. The room was blood all over. 1 saw the razor on the table, and the handle of it was on the floor. My mother had good health, but I have not been always at home. A railway labourer named Bull gave evidence in corro boration of the statement wade by the witness Chorley ; and the police constable who took the prisoner into cus tody deposed to a statement made by the latter at the Taunton Hospital, to the effect stated in the narrative of the facts above given. The medical assistant of Dr Cordwent said he was in attendance upon the wife until the 17th of June, when she died. She was under the impression that she was dying. She said she did not think she should live. Sha than mace a statement. Her condition was dangerous at that time. Mr Mules, a surgeon of Ilminster, who also attended the d2ceased, in his cross-examination said, supposing there ;:ad been no wound, the thickening of the throat might hav; been natural, R e -otamined—lf the thickening had been natural there would have been symptoms to have shown it, but there were no suct, symptoms present. Dr. Cordwen: gave similar evidence, but could give no positive cpinion as to what caused the inflammation which resulted in death. it, might have been a cold. Mr Bere, in an able speech, after appealing to the feelings of the jury, and referring to the painful scene in court, re • viewed the evidence given by the prosecution, contending that if there was a possibility t;itit death could have arisen from another cause, although less probable than the cause presented by the prosecution, they were bound to acquit the prisoner. That there was a possibility that the cause of death had arisen from natural causes he contended had been shown by the prosecution, and they were, therefore, bound to find the prisoner not guilty of murder. His Lordship having summed up the evidence as ad duced, The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and sentence of death was passed in the usual form: The prisoner was helped out of the dock insensible. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 21 per mille pm., an d the short exchange on London is 25.27; per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 2-10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By adyices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark and the short exchang on London is 13.5 a per £1 stcrlin 4 Standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 3-10ths per cent, dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London and the premium on gold are quoted with such large differences t s hat no cm Cu aLions can be based on them ; but gold continue to be shipped to England. The annexed circular was issued yesterday after noon by Messrs Newby, Carson, and Co., East India commission agents, whose bills were stated to have been returned Gresham-house, Old Broad-street, Aug 9. It is with extreme regret we have to inform you that at present we find ourselves unable to m eet our engagem en t s . We have therefore plac ed our books i n the hands of Messrs Edwards and James, who will, at the earliest possible day, lay before our creditors a statement of our affairs, which w e h ave reason to believe will not be unfavourable.—We are, your obedient servants, —EVEY, CARSON, and Co. The 13th Hussars, Leut-Colonel Soame Jenyns, C. 8., also loft Aldershot on Monday and yesterday. The head-quarters and six troops went to Houns low, one troop to Hampton Court, and one troop to lietthington. 1 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,--This Day, WOLVERHAMPTOi RACES —Tats Dar. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) BIENNIAL STAKES. Baragah Lord Zetland ,Redosio ............ 3 Four ran, LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. FOREIGN-OFFICE, JULT 30. Ths Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Richard Chiaranda Maery Stevens, Esq., now British Vi ce . C onsul Cancellier at Constantinople, to be her Majesty's Consul at Jeddah. AUG. 8. The Queen has been pinased to approve of Mr William Watson Harvey to be Consul at Cork fcr the Republic of Liberia. WIIITEHA_LL, AUG. 8. The Queen has been pleased to nominate and appoint Christopher Baldock Cardow, Esq., to be Clerk of the Patents. WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 9. Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards —Surgeon William Holmes Jephson, having completed 2U years ' full-pay ser vice, to be Surgeon-Major, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of Ist October, 1853. 4th Dragoon Guards—Cornet Riddell Morrison to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Smith Hill Child, who retires —James Warren Roberton, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur chase, vice Morrison. Bth H uesare—Lieutenant Frederic Louis Brandreth, from the 18 t h H ussars, to be Lieutenant, vice Pulley/Le% who exchanges. 9thcaLptaanicne.rry p L u ie rc u h te a n s a e, n y t ic ß e o r be ie r r t s T S h te u w r a s r b t y, C ,, l h el o an re el ti t r o es_ b e CornetGilberbte S C ti o r r li n n e g t, ic t v ob e s eL i i r e h u n t g en . ant, by purcha ee vice Cleland—Ensi gn Ronald Mackintosh, fro m the 11 bt7hBs:phuFrcohoat'se to , v Hussars—George vice H enryWilliam whoto be e t Cornet .res 18th Hussars—Lieuten ant Edward Pne from the Bth Hussars, to be Lieut enant, vice Brandreth, ' who ex changes. Royal Artillery—Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet_Colonel Pierrepont Henry Mundy t o b e Colonel vice Thorndise removed as a General Officer—_C aptain ainaniadm - 130 - rieovneeti. : Major Elorace Parker Newton to be Lietiten vice Brevet-Colonel Mundy—Captain Thom worth Dames, from the Su pernutnerary Li s as t: Z e " Captain, vice Brevet-Major Newton.to Royal Engineers—Second Captain and Bs e y es , ss • George Tonakyns Chesney to be Capt a i n, vice ' B 'i r "o t r Major Hutchinson, transferred to th e Bengal Wteff- Corps—Lieutenant Patrick Murray to be Second Capta vice Brevet-Mejsr Chesney—Gentle man Cadet Conwayin James, from the Royal Military Acad emy , to be Liente-- nant, with temporary rank, vice Murray. Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Fred. St. John Newdigate Barne to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon, Charles John Shore, who retires —the Hon. Digby Wentworth Bayard Willoughby to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Barne. sth Regiment of Foot—Ensign Wm. A. Eardley Wilmot to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles Langford Oliver, who retires—Gentlemen Cadet Charles Hackett, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purs chase, vice Wilmot. 7th Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Nixon Montgomery to be Captain, without purchase, vice Henry Oldham Munn, deceased—Ensign William Edwards Robert to be Lieu tenant, without purchase—Gentleman Cadet Charles Hyde Sheffield, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Roberts, 11th Foot—Ensign Fred. Fitzroy Gibbous to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Roper Dacre Tyler, who retires —Gentleman Cadet Osmond James Forjett, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gibbons. 17th Foot—Captain Charles Coote Grant to be Major, by purchase, vice Algernon Robert Garrett, promoted to an Unattached Lieutenant-Colonelcy, by purchase—Lieut. Bernard Heyer Westby to be Captain, by purchase, vice Grant—Lieut. Albert Neame to be Captain, by purchase s vice Brevet-Major Richard John Evans, who retires-- En-ign John Richard Price Coffin to be Lieutenant, lay purchase, vice Westby—Ensign George Ramsay Alured Denne to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice John Boyce, who retires—Ensign John Lloyd Price to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Neame—Gentleman Cadet Granville Vernon, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Coffin—Gentleman Cadet Willies:a s K igm lin , g b e y nd p e u r r , c f h r a om se, t v h i e ce ß p o e y n a ri l eM2GliteanrytleCmoalnlegceateot eli be En sign, Napier Rivett, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Price—Gentleman Cadet Ernest Tarleton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Augustus William Morris, transferred to the 58th Foot. 17th Foot—Surgeon Charles Hamilton Fassoia, having completed twenty years' full-pay service, to be Surgeon- Major under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of Ist October, 1858. 30th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Thomas Keoch Burns, from she Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice John Peters Charles Lowder, who retires, hav ing been appointed a Deputy-Assistant Commissary- General. 36th Foot—gnsign Henry Gillum Webb to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Amelius Taylor, who retires—Gen tleman Cadet Stannus Verner Gordon, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Webb. 57th Foot—Lieutenant Charles George Clarke to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Thomas W. J. Lloyd, killed in action—Ensign Henry Miller Powell to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Clarke—Ensign Philip Edward Powys to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Powell, whose promotion by purchase on the 12th April, 1861, has been cancelled—Gentleman Cadet Charles John Matthews, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Powys. 58th Foot—Lieutenant Frank Cunliffe to be Captain, by purchase, vice William Henry Key, who retires—Ensign Oliver B. St, John to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cunliffe—Ensign George Vernon Colman Napier to ba Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William James Hall, who retires—Ensign Augustus Williams Norris, from the 16th Foot, to be Ensign, vice St. John—Robert Lewis Arathoon, Gent., to be Ensiga, by purchase, vice Napier. 78th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles John Butler Stewart, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Ronald Macintosh, transferred to the 9th Lancers. 100th Foot—Ensign David Stanley Drummond Johnstone to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Charles Henry Car riore, who retires—Gentleman Cadet Walter Hughes Thomas Smee, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Johnstone. Ist West India Regiment—Quartermaster Sergeant William Cole to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Edward Hamil ton Barlow, promoted. Royal Malta Fencible Artillery—Lieutenant James Laz zarini to bo Captain, with local and temporary rank, vice Loretto Bonavita , deceased—Richard Casolani, Gent., to be Lieutenant, with local and temporary rank, vice L9zzarini. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. - George Arthur Wellesley Wright, M.D., to be Staff Assistant Surgeon. To be Acting Assistant Surgeons—William Kortright Brock, John Richard Roc, Edward Arthur Keogh, 1v.1.D., William Eliot Bower, John Burke Gaffaey, William James Aloysius Gaven, Richard Fitz Gerald, Ambrose Mulcahy, and William Francis Fenton. BREVET. Colonel Daniel Thornidike, from the Royal Artillery, to be Major-General on the Unattached List, vice Richard Hardinge. Lieutenant-Colonel John Neptune Sargent, C. 8., 33 Foot, having completed the qualifying service in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel to be Colonel, under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of 14th October, 1858. Major Francis L, Whitmore, Unattached, to be Lieut.- Colonel. Captain Archibald Edward Harbord Anson, Royal Ar tillery, to be Major. Paymaster William Piers B:isley, Royal Artillery, to have the honorary rank of Captain. In consequence of the promotion of Colonel Thorndike to the rank of Major-General, the two undermentioned officers on the Retired Full-pay List of the Royal Artillery, who stood before him on the Effective List at the time of their retirement, to be Major-Generals, viz. :—Colonel Richard Beaumont Burnaby and Colonel William How Hennis, ADMIRALTY, AU,G. 6. Royal Marine Light Infantry—Secotid Lieutenant Thomas Delves Broughton to be First Lieutenant, vice Nantes, removed from the List— Second Lieutenant Joseph Ed ward M'Neale to be First Lieutenant, vice Otter, re signed—Mr John Dows has been this day promoted to be an Acting First Class Assistant Engineer in her Ma jesty's Fleet. AIIGIIST 8. With reference to the Supplement of the London Gazette of July 12, 1864, the following Naval Retirements have taken place, dated July 1: Captains to be Retired Captains—Edward St. Leger Cannon, Richard Burr,dge, Jeffery Wheelock Noble, Wm. Windham Hornby, William Louis Sheringham, John. M'Dougall (C)„ Arthur William Jerningham, Archi bald M'Murdo, Thomas George Forbes, Louis Sy monds Tindal, Collin Yorke Campbell, Nicholas Lefebvre, Richard George Augustus Bedford, William Hugh Kennedy, James Stoddart, George Alex. Seymour, Henry Downing Rogers, C. 8., Richard Aldworth Oliver, Edward Philips Charele wood, George Williams, Vincent Amcotts Massingberd, Wellingtonllonirci Francis Thomas Brown, Charles Luxmoore Hockin, Henry Alex. Story, Octavius Cumberland, Thomas Etheridge,. Arthur Borough Crawford, Albert Heseltine, and Charles Richardson Johnson. Edward crawf 0 r K d a , t o H n e , n rJohn Croft,l3a rl H i n e g n ryM_ James arsh , L a tto ii, Fr C an om cis ma J n Douglas, Henry Caesar Hawkins, John Sibbald, p, o be John n s tno übseseßß,etilrierdiliCiaarpritatmn,sa—nßueirgsht Stewart, Frederick 'Thomas I John li.ertib e, Spencer Elliman, Augus tus George John Woodley,. Drake, Henry Eden, Hoare, Alfred Nelson F ' Hart Dyke, John ,Cocbrane Hoseason, R o b ert William O'Bryen airman, James Banks West, Cieorge Lavie, Alexander Little, Hay Erskine Shipley Winthrop, Owen Phibbs Knott, Right lion. Lord Anielins Wentworth Beauclerk, Richard Sidney Smith, Edwar d Halket Beauchamp, James Augustus Mends, and Thomas Edward Symonds, Commanders to be Retired Commanders—Joseph Henry K a y , Augustus Gordon, 'William Thomas Rivers, J o h n Tyssen, Charles Bautpfield Yule, John Berths Cator, Thos. Hodgkinson, John Crawshay Bailey, Charles Gray Rigg e ' Edward Forward Rob er t s , H on. F re dk. Curzon, Montage Burrows, Edmund Hall Gunnell, Henry Temple, Louis Charles Henry Tonge, Sir Alexander James Dunbar, Bart., and Gabriel Johnston, BANKRUPTS. The following are the only bankrupts of commercial portance in the Gazette: — Richard ITibberd, ironmonger, Manchester William Higgins, butcher, Manchester William George Lecvis, pewterer, Southwark Henry Dresser, merchant, Great St. Helen's, City Thomas J. Hollis, general salesman, Camden -town Thomas Jones, contractor, Swansea Vim. C. Key, tobacconist, Birmingham James T. Hugreen, dentist, Cambridge Thomas J. Wallington, box maker, gown Court Fleet. street Thomas W. Scott, draper, Bishopsgatc-street Charles Stewart Willi a ms, ssikaaker, Poplar BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. George Fox, gasfitter, Liverpool Emma Stitt, widow, Marden, Northumberland Robert Speck, m illwright, Hesele SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Tait, builder, Allansbaugh, Stow Alexander Easton, watchmaker, Lberdeen Neil Gray, grocer, Batthead, .......... 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